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Sort Words Alphabetically

Alphabetize a jumbled list of words from A to Z or Z to A.

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How do you sort words alphabetically?

Paste “banana apple cherry” and out comes “apple banana cherry”. The tool treats every space, tab and line break as a divider, so a paragraph and a one-per-line list sort identically. Ordering uses locale-aware comparison, which files “apple” and “Apple” together instead of pushing capitals to the front the way plain ASCII sorting does. Duplicates survive; nothing is silently dropped.

How to use the Sort Words

  1. 1 Dump your words in — spaced out or one per line, both work.
  2. 2 Every separator is detected and the words are pulled apart.
  3. 3 The A-to-Z result lands in the output, joined by single spaces.
  4. 4 Copy the alphabetized list.

What you can use it for

  • Putting name or tag lists into A–Z order.
  • Organising vocabulary or spelling words.
  • Tidying keyword lists for quick scanning.
  • Preparing an ordered word bank for a lesson.

Frequently asked questions

Can I mix spaced words and line-separated words?
Yes. Spaces, tabs and line breaks are all treated as dividers, so pasting a paragraph, a column of words or a messy mix of both produces the same single sorted list.
Where do capitalised words end up?
Next to their lowercase spelling. The sort is locale-aware, so “Apple” files beside “apple” rather than jumping ahead of the entire lowercase alphabet as it would in a raw byte sort.
Do repeated words get merged?
No. If “cherry” appears three times, all three copies sit together in the sorted output. Chain the result into the Remove Duplicate Words tool when you want one of each.

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